Heinrich Heine by Gottlieb Gassen, 1828
Heinrich Heine by Gottlieb Gassen, 1828
Writers in Art: Heinrich Heine by Gottlieb Gassen
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I’m Sensing a Trend
This post originally appeared on my birthday in 2012. I liked it so much I thought I’d use it again this year.
I’m lucky enough to share a birthday with one of my favourite actors (John Gilbert), one of my favourite writers (Marcel Proust) and the possessor of one of the most brilliant (recorded) minds in history (Nikola Tesla). What else do they have in common? Hmmm, let’s see.
I’ve found that frivolous observations are best made on serious days. I’m off to celebrate with the husband at the newest contemporary Indian restaurant/bar in town. Toodles.
Happy Birthday, Robert A. Heinlein!
My husband’s favourite author, Robert A. Heinlein, was born on 7 July 1907.
1929 Naval Academy Yearbook Photo of Robert A. Heinlein
“A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.”-Robert A. Heinlein
Writers in Art: Jean Cocteau by Amedeo Modigliani
Portrait of Jean Cocteau by Amedeo Modigliani, 1916
“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.”-Jean Cocteau
Happy 125th birthday!
[Book Nerd Links] The Teeny Tiny Brontë Books
The teeny tiny Brontë books [courtesy Los Angeles Times]
[Alternative Muses] Happy Birthday, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born on 29 June 1900.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quote
Daily Diversion #213: Eden Park
Shocking confession: Sometimes I need to flee from words. Oh, nothing permanent or long-term. It’s just that my creativity likes green things. She says it helps her think and form ideas. Fancy that!
The (supposedly haunted) Spring House Gazebo at Eden Park, where famed bootlegger George Remus brazenly murdered his wife, Imogene, in 1927.
View from inside the gazebo.
Fountain view.
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A favourite:
Herman Melville Quote
[Book Nerd Links] Interesting Reads for a Lazy Sunday
- 30 Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes For Your Next Existential Crisis [courtesy Flavorwire]
- 5 of the Best Literary Frenemy Pairings [courtesy Flavorwire]
- Pablo Neruda poems ‘of extraordinary quality’ discovered [courtesy The Guardian]
- Robert Frost Was Neither Light Nor Dark [courtesy New Republic]
[Alternative Muses] Birthday Mashup: Lillian Hellman/Errol Flynn
“It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their finest hour.”-Lillian Hellman (born 20 June 1905)
Errol Flynn (born 20 June 1909)
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